Dr Becky Carlyle - From Draft to Dialogue: Fellowship Writing & Interview Tips

Dr Becky Carlyle, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website.

In this blog, Becky reflects on her experiences with fellowship applications, offering advice on writing, feedback, interviews, and resilience. She highlights the importance of engaging a broad audience, listening to feedback, and preparing a clear, focused interview presentation. With lessons drawn from both success and rejection, she encourages applicants to seek support, demonstrate independence, and approach the process with persistence.

Find the original text, and narration here on our website.

https://www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-fellowship-writing-interview-tips/ --

Dr Becky Carlyle is an Alzheimer's Research UK Senior Research Fellow at University of Oxford, and has previously worked in the USA. Becky writes about her experiences of starting up a research lab and progressing into a more senior research role. Becky's research uses mass-spectrometry to quantify thousands of proteins in the brains and biofluids of people with dementia. Her lab is working on various projects, including work to compare brain tissue from people with dementia from Alzheimer’s Disease, to tissue from people who have similar levels of Alzheimer’s Disease pathology but no memory problems. Becky is also a mum, she runs, drinks herbal tea's and reads lots of books. Find Becky on LinkedIn

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